Since leaving Caupicho on Thursday morning, we have moved into Casablanca, a beautiful set of houses used to house short-term missionaries in Quito. Not only do we have warm showers and comfy beds but we also have access to the internet (well, only for blog updating purposes) – thus giving us our first opportunity last night to update the blog for the student team. Thanks for your patience... as we definitely would have posted earlier if there was any way to do it.
After our update last night, we did some work here at Casablanca. Some students worked on gardening and landscaping while others were re-painting one of the houses here. And, of course, the paint ended up not only on the house but on the faces and hands of our students as well.
Today was a busy day in Quito for our team. First, we went to Camp Hope, a school for orphans, some of which are severely handicapped. The girls stayed there for the first few hours of the day while the guys went to the home for these same students to move some debris and build a patio. We made quick work of it and re-joined the girls back at Camp Hope.
After Camp Hope, we headed back to Casablanca for a quick lunch and then headed back out to another local orphanage to spend some time with the kids and do some VBS. The kids were rowdy but excited to have us there. The kids enjoyed our program – singing along with the songs enthusiastically, doing the crafts that we prepared, and even learning a scripture verse with us.
Finally, around 6:30, we returned to Casablanca for dinner. It was awesome. Mauve and Fabian (the house parents at Casablanca) are excellent cooks and made us hamburguesas (hamburgers) for dinner. They were soooo good. They are taking good care of us and we are very thankful for their hospitality.
Thanks again for your prayers! Tomorrow will be a day of sightseeing and team building as we spend one final day in the city. See you all Sunday night... well, early Monday morning to be precise. :)
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